The company is engaged in a long-running planning battle with campaigners over a £200m scheme to double the size of Pinewood Studios onto greenbelt land. The plans were rejected by local councillors for a second time in May and a public inquiry into Pinewood’s appeal is scheduled to begin in November.

Lord Grade, Pinewood chairman, told the company’s AGM on Monday that it had made a good start to the financial year but that more capacity was required.

He said: “The company continues to invest in its existing facilities to ensure that it remains a leading destination for producers of creative content.

“Film revenues to date reflect very high stage and facility occupancy, television continues to experience high levels of utilisation.

“We need to increase capacity at Pinewood Studios.”

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The renewed call comes in spite of a new building on the existing site, which opened on Friday. The £7.5m Q Stage, named for Pinewood’s historic links to the James Bond franchise, houses a 30,000- sq ft sound stage for major film and television productions and 15,000 sq ft of workshops.

Pinewood Studios is currently hosting Sir Kenneth Brannagh’s production of Cinderella for Disney and Ridley’s Scott’s biblical epic Exodus. The Shepperton sister studios, in Surrey, are occupied by Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy and Into the Woods, an adaptation of the Broadway musical, starring Meryl Streep.